The CDU Presidium is in favor of a candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet.
Markus Söder obviously doesn't care.
The CSU boss does not give up - and continues to advertise for himself.
K question in the Union:
The CDU Presidium is in favor of Armin Laschet as candidate for Chancellor.
CSU boss Markus Söder does not want to accept this and switches to attack mode.
In the Bundestag faction, Söder and Laschet will meet on Tuesday afternoon
(see update from April 13, 8:16 a.m.).
This
news ticker on the power struggle in the Union
has ended.
Update from April 13th, 11:11 am:
CSU General Secretary Markus Blume has backed his party leader Markus Söder in the struggle for the Union chancellor candidacy - with reference to the "legacy" of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
Merkel and Söder are actually linked by a political past that was partly fraught with conflict.
"We want to continue the success story, the legacy of Angela Merkel," said Blume on Tuesday in the ARD "Morgenmagazin".
"And there I see in the surveys in Germany someone who enjoys the excessive trust of the population, which the Germans also consider suitable as Chancellor, namely Markus Söder."
If the voters went to the polls next Sunday, the Union could only remain the strongest party by a narrow margin, as the polls for the 2021 federal election show.
Söder in the fight for the Chancellor: Party member calls on CDU associations to rebellion - "Now would be the time"
Update from April 13th, 9:40 a.m.:
The fight for the Union's candidacy for chancellor is coming to a head: The CSU is now relying on the CDU supporters of their party leader to come out of cover and speak aggressively for Markus Söder.
The chairman of the Junge Union (JU) Bayern, Christian Doleschal, even warned of an impending collapse of the Union into insignificance under a chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU).
First of all, the parliamentary group should give their opinion in their meeting on Tuesday, Doleschal told the AFP news agency.
According to a media report, 70 CDU members have meanwhile joined the demand for a debate in the Union parliamentary group on the candidate for chancellor.
Doleschal, who sits in the European Parliament for the CSU, also called on the CDU state associations to express their views.
"Now would be a suitable time for the CDU regional associations to say if they are for Söder," he said.
In doing so, the CDU associations would contradict their own party leadership.
He called the CDU Presidium's support for Laschet, also with a view to the good surveys for Söder, "not in line with the formation of opinion in the population and in the CDU".
"It is not just about the impending loss of the chancellorship," warned Doleschal with a view to the federal election in September.
“In the end, it's about whether we as a Union lead ourselves into insignificance.” That is why the selection process between Laschet and Söder must be cleverly designed.
He saw no reason for the quick decision demanded by Laschet.
Digital State Minister Dorothee Bär (CSU) also campaigned for Söder.
“Markus Söder knows what moves people,” she told the news portal
watson
.
Many citizens would appreciate Söder "for his energetic political skills, his instinct for future issues and his strategic abilities".
K question in the Union: Söder and Laschet meet in Berlin
Update from April 13th, 8:16 am:
The CDU / CSU federal parliamentary group will take place today, Tuesday.
Markus Söder had already offered a performance there on Monday.
Armin Laschet had initially canceled this.
According to information from
Bild.de
, the two will probably meet at today's meeting.
Almost all of the CDU leaders backed Laschet's candidacy for chancellor on Monday.
In Munich, on the other hand, the CSU Presidium decided unanimously to support CSU boss Söder.
K question in the Union: Markus Söder does not give up - and relies on current survey data
Update from April 13th, 6:36 a.m.:
The struggle for the candidate for chancellor of the union parties goes into the next round - many looks are now on the common federal faction.
Today, Tuesday, the MPs will meet for their regular session.
Markus Söder insists that the support for his opponent, CDU chairman Armin Laschet, is not as unanimous as on Monday in the CDU party committees.
On the contrary: CSU boss Söder thinks it is quite possible that he can turn the picture in his favor.
For MPs it is about the "gain or loss of the constituency", so the Bavarian Prime Minister in the online program "Bild live".
A look at current survey data shows that previously safe black constituencies are "now green in the south, red in the west and blue in the east".
Söder was ready to take part in the parliamentary group meeting to talk about the K question.
"If you want, I'll be there with pleasure." Laschet had previously announced that he had not planned to participate.
Update from April 12th, 7.30pm: At
the end of his interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk, Markus Söder has another little tip ready against CDU candidate Armin Laschet: “If he loses, someone else will do it for eight to twelve years.
That is the crucial question. ”That was it with the appearance of the Bavarian Prime Minister on the K question in the BR.
It remains to be said: Markus Söder does not want to leave Armin Laschet's candidacy for chancellor without a fight and is still ready to take part in the federal election campaign for the Union instead of the NRW state chief.
K question in the Union: Bavaria's Markus Söder is in attack mode
Update, 7:27 p.m.:
Markus Söder is still in attack mode.
So he does not deny that there will be a different election platform under him than under Armin Laschet.
The Franconian repeatedly advertises political issues that, according to his statement, one suspects “with the Greens”.
So he talks a lot about the topic of climate protection.
Update, 7:24 p.m
.: Markus Söder explains that he
thinks
it is good that Chancellor Angela Merkel is staying out of the Union's K question in public.
"This election campaign will take place differently just because of Corona and the AfD's potential for agitation," he continues in the BR.
Update, 7.20 p.m.:
The BR editorial team asks whether the team play with Armin Laschet is just a show.
“We have a very resilient relationship on a human level,” says Söder: “I appreciate his humor.
He has a Rhenish sense of humor and can sometimes laugh at himself. "
What Söder says about Laschet doesn't sound really charming: "We're a different generation, he's 60, I'm 54."
K question in the Union: Markus Söder - CDU and CSU will make a decision this week
Update, 7:18 p.m.:
Markus Söder is asked whether he does not trust Armin Laschet to decide the federal election for the Union.
The CSU boss hesitates for a long time with his answer ... and then completely evades the question.
Instead, he speaks about the fact that it now depends on the program and not on people.
"A new Union" is needed.
Update, 7.15 p.m.:
He couldn't imagine a more beautiful office “than that of the Prime Minister.
But if you are responsible, you have to stand up.
And I showed that ”.
After all, it is about the most important political office in Germany, that of the Federal Chancellor.
Update, 7:13 p.m
.: But what is the Union's timetable now?
Söder confirms that a final decision should be made this week.
The Union should not "look at the greens like the rabbit at the snake," he says.
"Good things take time, decisions have to mature."
Update, 7.10 p.m.:
Markus Söder is still in attack mode.
“I can't help it that it took the CDU a year to make a decision.
That's up to the CDU, ”he says on the K question at the sister party.
Söder fears a red-red-green federal government “for years, maybe more than a decade”.
He apparently wants to motivate the CDU supporters to vote for him.
Also with the note that an AfD that is too strong is “a danger for all of Europe” and a “mob troop”.
K question in the Union: CSU boss Markus Söder names powerful supporters from the CDU
Update, 7:06 p.m.: In
an interview with the BR, Söder relentlessly emphasizes that one has to listen to the population and the party base.
He thus questions whether Armin Laschet had enough support.
“Would you say that polls should be hidden?” He asks the presenter of Bayerischer Rundfunk.
He names Thomas Strobl from the CDU in Baden-Württemberg, "my good friend", as one of his supporters.
Strobl has been state chairman of the CDU in Stuttgart since 2011 and Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg since 2016.
Update, 7:03 p.m.:
It is about “the central personnel setting for our country,” says Söder pathetically at the beginning: “It only makes sense to run if you have broad support from the CDU.
Not just from the presidium. ”So the Franconian continues his taunts against the CDU leadership.
This is "a small, selected circle".
He again refers to many emails and requests from the population that have a clear tendency.
“You can't ignore that as a party,” he explains, referring to the CDU.
Update from April 12th, 7 p.m.:
It continues with Markus Söder's interview series.
The CSU boss now speaks in the BR.
K question in the Union: Markus Söder - "I dare to do your job"
Update from April 12, 6:18 p.m.:
Markus Söder
finally
agrees the Union in an interview with
Bild.de
for intensive days of decision-making.
He does this with the usual emphasis in his voice.
"We have to be careful with each other over the next few days," explains the CSU politician.
Armin Laschet is a very good candidate.
"But we also believe that the CSU chairman can do it very well," he says and says: "I dare to do the job."
Update from April 12, 6.15 p.m
.: Bavaria's Markus Söder does not want to accept the vote of the CDU presidium in favor of Armin Laschet in this interview.
Not even after several inquiries.
“We don't want to leave Germany to the AfD.
We don't want Germany to be ruled by the Greens, ”says the Franconian pathetically.
Instead, he calls for "new ideas for this country".
K question in the Union: Markus Söder does not want to leave the candidate for Chancellor to Armin Laschet
Update from April 12, 6:13 p.m
.: According to Söder, there is still a lot of talking point in the Union because of the K question.
“Our goal must be to land at over 30 percent.
Our potential is 35 percent + X in Germany, ”he says of the 2021 federal election. And assumes that he would achieve a better result than Armin Laschet.
The election in Baden-Württemberg had shown that people were more in focus than parties.
Update from April 12, 6:11 p.m
.: Söder is asked whether the approval at the CDU base is greater for him than for Laschet.
Söder replies: “If you take the polls together and ask CDU members, the picture is interesting.
If there is an overall trend, it is important to accept it, not ignore it.
If there were a member survey, the chances would be not bad.
Apparently nobody took the polls too seriously. "
K question in the Union: Markus Söder warns CDU and CSU because of bad surveys in Germany
Update from April 12th, 6:08 pm:
Markus Söder (CSU)
speaks
again about the power struggle over the K question in the Union.
This time at
Bild.de
.
The Franconian is approached about the vote of the CDU presidium.
“That is of course an important contribution to forming an opinion.
But it can't be the only one.
A party presidium is a small circle.
We have to listen to the party, ”says Söder and says that he, on the other hand,“ noticed disappointments and surprises ”.
"In the polls, the Union is as bad as it was in 1998 before a federal election," Söder explains.
There are very many people in Germany who want "that I will make myself available," he says and promises again that there will be no fight like the one between Helmut Kohl (CDU) and Franz Josef Strauss (CSU).
Update from April 12, 5:50 p.m.:
CSU boss Markus Söder is rushing from interview to interview today.
At 6 p.m., the Union's possible candidate for chancellor will
comment on the K question
at
Bild.de
, and at 7 p.m. he will speak on Bayerischer Rundfunk.
You won't miss a thing here in the ticker.
K question in the Union: Markus Söder from the CSU ignores the vote of the CDU presidium
Update from April 12, 5:05 p.m.:
Markus Söders press conference on the chancellor question is over.
It is now clear: Even after the vote of the CDU Presidium for Armin Laschet, the CSU boss does not want to give up his ambitions - for the time being.
Söder referred to the mood in the "breadth" of the party.
The Bavarian Prime Minister repeatedly brought up the survey values in the K question.
The CSU is apparently aiming for a decision by the end of the week - despite criticism of the self-concern of the Union in the Corona crisis.
However, Söder did not name a clear timetable or a procedure for a decision.
He also did not openly call for the candidacy for chancellor.
The candidate should be put on a broader basis and substantiated and weighed up, explained the CSU boss.
A retreat path is also still open.
The Union is likely to have more turbulent days in store.
Update from April 12th, 4:55 pm:
“The situation is really serious, one of the most difficult times for the Union”, Söder defends his decision not to make a decision.
It is "right and sensible" to continue discussing.
You have to "take the movement with you from below" and give the opportunity to react instead of just hearing voices from the praesidia, says the CSU boss.
It is always quick to say “parties agree, otherwise there will be a problem,” Söder continues, possibly with a swipe at Laschet.
"For me, nothing goes by bending and breaking, with me nothing goes with resentment - but you also have to explain to the population why the expectations of the population are completely different from the decision of the parties." He has had a lot in recent days Given a positive response, says Söder.
Söder announces a new reading of the Chancellor: no end because of the CDU presidium - the “breadth” of the parties counts
Update from April 12th, 4:50 p.m.:
When asked by a journalist, Söder confirms: He did not make his candidacy dependent on the support of the CDU leadership, but on the approval of the "breadth" of the Union.
There is still a lot to be clarified in this regard in the coming days.
In the background, text messages were "eagerly written," explains the CSU boss.
He is also in daily contact with Armin Laschet.
"We'll talk again today, too," he announced.
There will be no result this Monday.
Söder expressed doubts about Laschet's plan not to go to the parliamentary group on Tuesday with the question of the chancellor.
That will also be discussed again.
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Prime Minister of Bavaria: Markus Söder from the CSU.
© IMAGO / Sven Simon
He respects the decision of the CSU presidium, says Söder.
Nonetheless, there is still a need for discussion: “I only read the voices that come in”, it is very good “if the next few days are used to harmonize these things”.
Söder speaks to the K question - and gives Laschet a powerful damper
Update from April 12, 4:40 p.m.:
Markus Söder himself speaks against speculation to the contrary at the CSU press conference.
He points to falling polls in the Union - and again to his own popularity ratings: "We cannot decouple ourselves from the majority of the population here."
“People just play a central role,” says Söder.
“That's why it's just an important decision.” It would have been “easy” for him to simply hold back, says the CSU boss.
But in the end there must be a unifying human bond.
"Nevertheless, we must now take the time to make a conscious decision on this question."
Söder specified an important precondition for his ambitions to become chancellor: he was ready “if a broad spectrum of the CDU wanted that”.
But there is obviously still a need for discussion, he explains - probably with a view to support for his candidacy from some CDU state associations.
The time is too short for a member survey.
Nevertheless, one has to "listen to the voices" and pay attention to "the opportunities in the population".
Update from April 12, 4:37 p.m .:
CSU General Secretary Blume makes it clear at the start of the press conference after the CSU Presidium: “Today is not the day of the decision, but the start of the deliberations” - “open-ended”, he emphasizes.
Blume indicates a possible confrontation: In the CSU top there was also a clear vote in the CDU bodies - there is also a majority opinion in the population, says the CSU general, probably with a view to the clear for Söder speaking surveys.
One now has to “listen into” the mood.
Blume also explains that the talks about the candidate for chancellor should take place on a larger scale than a “bilateral conversation”.
He speaks of sending a "negotiating delegation".
The date of the federal election in 2021 is September 26th.
CSU lets Laschet's Chancellor plans peter out: Trouble in internal meeting - "It doesn't work like that"
First report:
Munich - Markus Söder * had avoided a clear commitment to his chancellor ambitions for many months - on Monday they seemed to be buried again after just over 24 hours: Competitor Armin Laschet was trusted by the CDU committees.
And with a view to the smoldering corona crisis, he put pressure on a quick decision.
Söder or Laschet?
CSU presses the Chancellor's brake - "It doesn't work that way"
But Söder surprised in the afternoon with a new volte.
The CSU chief had declared that he only wanted to participate in the federal election campaign as a candidate for chancellor with the support of the CDU.
Nevertheless, Söder did not clear the way for Laschet at first: From the presidium meeting of the Christian Socials, it became public that the Franconian does not want to make a decision until the end of the week.
He did not want a “quick rush procedure”, said Söder after information from
Münchner Merkur
in the round.
Party vice Dorothee Bär apparently also criticized the sister party.
"The CDU presidium says 'Hugh, I spoke' - it doesn't work that way," she was quoted by participants as saying.
Union in the fight for chancellor: Söder waives a press conference - instead a special broadcast in BR
Söder also surprised many observers with a further step: unlike Laschet, he did not want to explain himself in a press conference on Monday.
This task was to be taken over by General Secretary Markus Blume after the presidium meeting.
Söder, on the other hand, chose the even bigger media surcharge: The candidate for chancellor only wanted to express himself in a half-hour special broadcast on Bavarian Radio (April 12, 7:00 p.m.).
Laschet does not get the green light from the CSU: Söder hesitates to make a decision - despite Corona allegations
At first it was unclear what developments the CSU wanted to wait for.
The opposition and the SPD had increased the pressure on the Union on Monday: The situation at the CDU and CSU, "where people are stroking over the table and kicking under the table," is a "burden for good politics in our country," said the SPD chief Norbert Walter-Borjans on Monday in Berlin after deliberations of the party presidium.
Laschet himself had referred to the urgent deliberations on the Infection Protection Act.
However, even after the apparently unanimous vote of the CDU top pro Laschet had become known, further requests to speak pro Söder from the CDU state associations had made the rounds.
“For us, the main question is who is most likely to win the Bundestag election.
This is the one who has the greatest support from the electorate.
And according to surveys, this is currently Markus Söder *, "said Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's CDU State Secretary-General Wolfgang Waldmüller on Monday in Schwerin.
The Berlin Christian Democrats had already stood behind Söder that morning.
The CSU also put pressure on: The parliamentary group demanded a member survey about the Union's candidacy for chancellor.
He called for such a survey among both the members of the CDU and the CSU, said parliamentary group leader Thomas Kreuzer.
The decision on the candidate for chancellor must be made on the broadest possible basis.
It is forbidden for this to be decided “in close leadership circles”.
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